Jaggers v. Commonwealth

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Elmer Joseph Jaggers was found guilty of the murder of Bailey Howard Copeland. His punishment was fixed at death by the verdict. Another issue in this litigation was dealt with in Jaggers v. Overstreet, Ky., 412 S.W.2d 238. Appellant presents eleven separate grounds for reversal which we shall discuss without first enumerating them. Another serious question not raised by the appellant, but noted with commendable candor by the Attorney General, relates to whether the jury was properly selected in light of Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L.Ed.2d 776,…